Esperanza Bicycle Safety Education Center
Public Hours
Open Bike Clinic (Starting 3/7/2021)Tuesdays: 12 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Thursdays: 12 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sundays: 12 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
By appointment only. Appointment reservations open at 10:00am on the morning of the Clinic. Please call 505-224-6668 to schedule a bike repair time slot.
*Esperanza is always CLOSED on MLK Day, Easter, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve & New Year's Day.Location
5600 Esperanza NWAlbuquerque NM 87105
Contact Information
Phone: 505-224-6668
Email: [email protected]
Our focus is on bicycle education, with the goal of increasing the safety, self-sufficiency, and comfort of recreational, fitness, and utility riders alike.
To meet our goal, Esperanza provides classes and programs of varied types and topics, including bicycle safety, road use and traffic law, mechanics, and riding skills.
Esperanza accepts donations of bikes, bike parts, and other bicycle related items from the community. Donated bikes are refurbished and used in our many programs.
There are several ways that someone needing a bike can earn a bike to fit their transportation needs or get their existing bike back into serviceable condition.
Pop-Up Bike Clinics
Esperanza is now hosting Pop-up Bike Clinics around Albuquerque. Find the Esperanza folks at each location by looking for the Yellow Tent. All clinics are dependent on the weather.
|
Date |
Day |
Location |
Time |
Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/1/2023 | Friday | Robinson Park | 10am-2pm | 810 Copper Ave NW |
| 9/16/2023 | Saturday | Lomas Tramway Public Library | 10am-2pm | 908 Eastridge Dr NE |
| 9/22/2023 | Friday | South Valley Public Library | 10am-2pm | 3904 Isleta Blvd SW |
| 9/29/2023 | Friday | Taylor Ranch Public Library | 10am-2pm | 5700 Bogart St NW |
| 10/6/2023 | Friday | Robinson Park | 10am-2pm | 810 Copper Ave NW |
| 11/3/2023 | Friday | Albuquerque Center For Peace & Justice | 10am-2pm | 202 Harvard Drive SE |
| 11/4/2023 | Saturday | Singing Arrow Community Center | 10am-2pm | 13200 Wenonah Ave SE |
| 11/17/2023 | Friday | South Valley Public Library | 10am-2pm | 3904 Isleta Blvd SW |
Donations
Donations of bicycles, bike parts, tools, bike clothes, and other bicycle related products are always welcome. All of the bikes used in our programs are refurbished bikes that have been graciously donated to the shop from the community.
Open Bike Clinic
Open Bike Clinic is a scheduled time in which the center is open to the general public. Anyone who attends has use of the shop's workstations, tools and used bicycle parts needed to repair their bike.
All of the spare parts that are available to Open Bike Clinic patrons are donated from cyclists in the community and all of the mechanical work is performed by the bike's owner with instruction from the staff at Esperanza.
Earn-a-Bike
Esperanza holds the Earn-a-Bike class each month (except December), and enrolls for the class on the first Monday of each of those months at 10am (unless there is a federal holiday on that Monday, in which case the class signup will be held on the next day at 10am). Once the class is completed, the participant will have earned one of our refurbished bicycles and a new helmet.
There are two ways to enroll for this class:
Online:
- Go to play.cabq.gov and create and account (or log into your existing one)
- Click “Search all City of Albuquerque offerings"
- Type Esperanza into the search field, then click search
- Select the Earn-a-Bike session for correct month
- Please remember enrollment will not become available until 10am on the first Monday of the month
By Phone:
- Call us at 505-224-6668 right at 10am and keep calling until you speak to a person (pretend you're trying to win a radio contest).
- Do not leave a voicemail! You will only be enrolled if you speak to a live person!
- Each caller can enroll no more than 3 adults or 2 adults/3 youth.
Virtual Bicycle Tips
Check out these YouTube videos produced by the Esperanza team for some instructions on how to perform some common bicycle repairs: